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Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

The peer-reviewed list steers scarce telescope time toward nearby worlds with the best odds of showing atmospheres.

Don’t Nod’s Aphelion Debuts Hands-On Previews, Sets Spring Release with Day One Game Pass

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone

Webb Telescope Rules Out Atmosphere on Earth-Sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

JWST Begins Atmospheric Probe of L 98-59 After Fifth Habitable-Zone Planet Confirmed